"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."
The calculus behind the decision to let go of Jackson is not known, as news of his exit was not divulged when ESPN talent were laid off earlier this month.
"The minority investment will aim to broaden distribution as ESPN works on executing “Project Flagship,” a plan to unveil a direct-to-consumer (DTC) offering."
According to "The Hollywood Reporter," which first broke the news, the deal is the most lucrative for a Major League Baseball analyst in the history of the profession.
"You'll get plenty of more opening days. Let Howie and Keith Raad finish it the right way with 40,000 people, with optimism, hope, and then Howie can drop the mic and say I'm out."